PRINTER'S NO. 3686
No. 2621 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY FOX, GODSHALL, BLAUM, NAHILL, J. TAYLOR,
LASHINGER, CARLSON, MOEHLMANN, JACKSON, PRESSMANN, VEON,
WOGAN, TELEK, KOSINSKI, TIGUE, GREENWOOD, BUNT, JOHNSON,
SIRIANNI, NOYE, GEIST, BOWLEY, McCLATCHY, RAYMOND, FARGO,
PHILLIPS, BOWSER, HERSHEY, SEVENTY, PETRONE, FATTAH, MERRY,
BATTISTO, TRELLO, MAIALE, SEMMEL, ITKIN, HAGARTY, WESTON,
E. Z. TAYLOR, ARTY, DURHAM, LANGTRY, FLICK, COHEN, MAYERNIK,
REBER, STEVENS AND McVERRY, JUNE 16, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 16, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), entitled
2 "An act providing for a State Lottery and administration
3 thereof; authorizing the creation of a State Lottery
4 Commission; prescribing its powers and duties; disposition of
5 funds; violations and penalties therefor; exemption of prizes
6 from State and local taxation and making an appropriation,"
7 providing that arrearages in child support payments shall be
8 deducted from lottery prizes.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91),
12 known as the State Lottery Law, is amended by adding a section
13 to read:
14 Section 8.1. Offset for Child Support Payments.--Prior to
15 the payment of any prize of five hundred dollars ($500) or more
16 from the State Lottery Fund, the secretary shall cause a search
17 to be made of the records of the Bureau of Child Support
18 Enforcement in the Office of Fraud and Abuse, Investigations and
1 Recovery of the Department of Public Welfare. If a prizewinner
2 is found to be in arrears in child support payments, the
3 secretary shall offset the amount of arrearage against the
4 amount of the prize. The secretary shall deduct from the prize,
5 and draw his warrants for the amount offset in favor of the
6 aforementioned bureau for payment of the arrearage and, for any
7 balance, in favor of the prizewinner.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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